The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-25

A Great Occidental Magician Says That
They Arc Deiusions of tho Fancy.

From he Chicago tribune.
Most OF the wonderful feats attributed to
the jugglers OF India and Japan existed only in
the imagination OF the follows who told about
everything Of note In the juggling business
that India. China. and Japan, can produce. and
! have never seen the juggler yet who could
Of Jack-and-the- bean-staik ladder, and then
climb up. out Of sight and pull the string
Companion ired a pistol and brought him dowa
to earth in shattered fragments. which present.
~ came together and formed a living, unin-
Jured man again-l tell you. honestly. l never
saw that trick"
THAT'S curious, too"
between you and me, | do not believe 1t can be
done; But II tell you q clever trick l saw q
that he was going to kill his little boy, and
asked them to choose Q spot on the turf, In the
stationed himself AT tho chosen SPOT, his appa-
Eatus being a basket with a hinged ~. q little
b bTsss snd a sha Tbs s SNecdst aS wore SIass nothing Sldng PIT IT a Z
circle so that no one could get In or out without
detection; The |ugeler PVT the child in ths bas-
Then he seized a large white cloth no had
In readiness, threw one end over the basket
portion hanging down, below his knees. Then
b Be- drsw th As "w tSs e ena Plunged nsoni L through ssEsa the
broke. forth, the man drew out the sword ali
d]EippinE with blood; Again and again he
e ehI1iiRaFgsd sc 1es syG afow tlhrsu iain tsa a Ssdiks fsin the
asked that the basket be examined. 1t was
GGe esna' ann anr tho fSS aSm s%Rty' loo AtEflssii ia tn ihep aiI wss
tion whence 1t came. saw the juggler's child
pearSHhHs st on 91it the , limb e ar an da sJn E Tree q, vo,-
lar. but / determined {, iathem It shouldit
cost me half my estate. bought up the Jug
H1sfhM how P { w nim d t%S ruhRs srs,s s'S So%: 81 Men TO sh sSs
1 oIes he IS b IN iee a r. Of mvo sppsaat,ns the ths cloth
and draws Himself up between the iassier's
h Isds, the the s child. htTPSs e sSh lEH% Of 'e ssa mss'f Is w asif
trained, and, from his unsuspected retreat.
p prtsss the mom Necessary 4 yodnn lsssIInSS f Sit * s at the
saturated with red liquid produces the blood
staIns: when the spectators rush forward TO
Ing ! s, plHes apd chambers uptho nearest tree like
ibid you ever try the trick p
Mo-: II can only be done with the indian
jpgGler's costume-the breechcloqt. Another
clever trick OF theirs Vas an artificial duck In a
around as L alive, The secret Of the trick.was
tiny hole through which a morse hair was
passed, one end OF the hair being attached to
the duck and the other held by the ,~juggler. A
whore 1t sank out OF sight by It's own Weight
Apparently 1t immediately rose to the sur
face again, but 1t was really the light
weight duck manipulated by the horse hair
that arose in sight, Another fairly good trick
was performed with colored powdered sugar
red, white, black, yellow, green, and blue. The
and then at the call OF the spectators he would
blow, any color named. from his mouth In n
cloud. This was done by having six capsules
concealed in his mouth. three in either cheek.
Tie six spoonfuls OF sugar were swallowod.
work the capsule containing that Kind to liz
tip Of his tongue. break the capsule with his
teeth. and pun the. eolorsd powder into the